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What is the name of the procedure of inserting a catheter in the spinal cord to give epidural analgesia before the operation?
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There are two different type of anaesthesia 1. Subarachnoid block or spinal anaesthesia or spinal block. 2. Epidural blockor epidural anaesthesia. Needle or catheter is never inserted into spinal cord. Our brain and spinal cord is having 3 different coverings with spaces in between. Needle and catheter is inserted into this spaces to inject a drug and to produce desired anaesthesia.
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